Theres never a dull moment at LaunchPad, but this weekend theres an extra-special reason to stop by, as Ellen Reeves brings her award-winning Talk Show to Crown Heights for three straight nights of s...
Heres an event to put on your calendar in advance: Five Myles on St. Johns is hosting a benefit on Thursday, June 14, from 6-9pm. The local gallery, which has served as a community hub for emerg...
Those who ride west on Bergens bike lane will have already seen this space under construction just east of Classon (more new development for Four Corners). The lady and I rolled by yesterday on our w...
Kevin Philip has done it again. In the time that it takes most business owners to get one single license approved by a city agency, hes converted About Time Boutique into a beautifully-appointed new ...
Lots going on tonight, including this event at Five Myles Gallery in partnership with the Haiti Cultural Exchange:Melissa Beauvery is a spoken word artist, writer and cultural activist currently...
More great events from SOS Crown Heights:Live music! Free wine and food! Inspired and inspiring art!Please join us TONIGHT for our Arts to End Violence gallery opening... **6:30-9pm at Ron Taylo...
From Seeds in the Middle, whove held two successful tournaments of this kind already:Do you play soccer? Do you support healthy kids? Were calling all players - of all ages - and SPONSORS on June 3rd...
(the Art Not Arrests installation at the Crow Hill Community Garden, on the move, and in its new home at the Walt L. Shamel - Dean North Community Garden on Dean between Franklin and Bedford)ILFA jus...
Back in March, local residents and NYC culinary-scene veterans Jacques Belanger and Lev Gewirtzman made news with the announcement that they were taking over the former Franklin Roadhouse Space. Yest...
Check out this event on Wednesday from the Pratt Area Community Council, addressing some major issues in Central Brooklyn, including Crown Heights. The text of the flyer is copied below:Are you tired...
Its a rainy Monday, but dont let that keep you at home this evening. At Franklin Park, Filmwax is launching a monthly film screening with "Its Not Me" at 8pm (seating starting at 7:30). Compl...
ILFA should be resting up for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon tomorrow morning, but before I do, some weekend links (if youre not already racing the half and/or heading down the Great Googa Mooga).- The C...
From one of our local political clubs thats working to make local government more open, accountable, and responsive to community needs: Live in Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Clin...
If you dont know about the fantastic work of Save Our Streets Crown Heights (profiled in USA Today this week), make some time to check out their Arts to End Violence Festival in the next week. The fu...
The Crow Hill Community Association holds their monthly meeting tonight at 7:30pm in the Gospel Tabernacle Church at 725 Franklin Avenue. They also received word that they must have their community g...
Its literary journal and small press night tonight at the Franklin Park Reading Series, and as usual, the readings will be fantastic and the beers will be $4. What more could you ask for?Bookstores a...
Celebrate Mothers Day by finding something awesome and local with the Crown Heights Cash Mob today from 2pm on!Smallknot and ioby are teaming up to bring our cash mob love to Brooklyns Crown Heights!...
Art Not Arrests and the CHCA are screening the award-winning documentary "The Interrupters" at the Crow Hill Community Garden tonight at 7:15pm, and Alan James of Save Our Streets C...
(Black Tree Sandwiches at The Crown Inn)Its way too late for a weekend rundown (heck, last nights post was already about this coming weekend), but last weekend came and went with a number of notable ...
Check these guys out - they live right here in Crown Heights. Between the frequent shows at LaunchPad, Secondary Sound Jam Nights, Brooklyn Unplugged, and probably a lot of other stuff that the ...
If you havent checked out Art Not Arrests already, youve got to check them out on Saturday. The brainchild of Ground Up Designers, this community-based initiative is part installation and part educat...
Cinco de Mayo is shaping up to be a great day on Franklin. At LaunchPad, the Built in Brooklyn Craft Fair returns from 12-6pm, with lots of great gifts from local artisans, just in time for Mothers D...
WNYCs Radio Rookies, "a New York Public Radio initiative that provides teenagers with the tools and training to create radio stories about themselves, their communities and their world," aire...
Its May Day! New Yorkers will be taking part in actions, demonstrations, teach-ins, and other events all over the city today, in the spirit of calling attention to the grievous inequaliti...
More to come on this later tonight, but for right now, the word is out that 736A Franklin Avenue, the former home of about About Time Boutique (and The Spot, if you go way back), will re-open soon as...
If youre around tomorrow and want to get involved with the Roger That Garden Project over on Rogers and Park, theyre having a clean-up day from 12-5pm. More from their organizers:Well be out cleaning...
Check out this great event from the SOS Crown Heights team this Saturday at St. Marks and Kingston, and mark your calendar for their Arts to End Violence Festival, which is coming up in May.Dear Supp...
Movie night with the Kings County Cinema Society returns to LaunchPad tonight with a very special party to help build momentum for the production of "Medora," a fascinating look at the collap...
Lots of great people are working to make Crown Heights beautiful this spring. Check out these three projects:Art Not Arrests has a beautiful installation under continuous construction in the Cro...
The Craft Fair returns to LaunchPad on Saturday from 12-6pm this Saturday:Come fly away with us! &nb sp; Stop by the LaunchPad -to pick up something for yourselfa...
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